9:00–9:45am Sara Monoson, Northwestern University, “Socrates in Combat”
9:45–10:30am Paul Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin,“War as Education”
10:30–10:45am
Coffee 10:45–11:30am Nancy Sherman, Georgetown, “Recovering Lost Goodness after War: Self-Empathy and Self-Forgiveness”
11:30–12:15am Peter Meineck, New York University, “Post Traumatic Plays: Warfare and Theatre in Ancient Athens”
2:00–2:45pm James Tatum, Dartmouth College, “Mrs Vergil’s Horrid War”
2:45–3:30pm Seth Schein, UC Davis, “Ancient Greek War: What is it Good For Today?”
3:30–3:45pm
Coffee 3:45–4:30pm Susanne Goedde, University of München, “The Modern Achilles: Rage — Mourning — Sexuality”
4:30–5:15pm Page duBois, UC San Diego, “War and Slavery: ‘I Am Spartacus’ ”
7:00-9:00pm A Dramatic Reading of Scenes from Sophocles'
Ajax and Philoctetes Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St.
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Silke-Maria WeineckWe gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Contexts for Classics; the Department of Comparative Literature's Year of Anachronism; the Departments of American Culture, Classical Studies, English, German Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Psychology; the Independent Program in Greek and Roman History; the War Studies Group; the Law School’s Center for International & Comparative Law; the Student Veterans Assistance Program; the Institute for the Humanities; the International Institute; the Residential College; the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; the Rackham School of Graduate Studies; the Office of the Vice Provost for Research; Northwestern University Classical Traditions Initiative.